An incident involving a police shooting occurred in Burnaby on Sunday morning, prompting an investigation by the Independent Investigations Office of British Columbia (IIO).
The event unfolded around 10:15 a.m. when the Burnaby RCMP responded to a disturbance at a residence on Kingsway, as confirmed by the IIO.
According to police reports to the IIO, upon their arrival, a man wielding an edged weapon approached the officers, leading to one of the officers firing their gun and injuring the man, as per the RCMP.
Emergency medical services from BC provided initial aid to the injured man before transferring him to a hospital for further treatment.
As of Sunday evening, the IIO had taken over the investigation concerning the actions of the RCMP officer.
